Davidson College is governed by a Board of Trustees. Twenty-four of the trustees represent the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sixteen of which are confirmed by the presbyteries within the State of North Carolina, and eight at large from the national membership. Twelve are elected at-large by the trustees themselves, at least four of whom shall be alumni, and eight by the alumni, on nominations by the Alumni Association. In addition, five members of the board serve ex officio, including the president-elect and president of the National Alumni Association, the chair and past chair of the Board of Visitors, and the president of the college.

Mackey J. McDonald '68; Chair of the Board of Trustees; Chair, VF Corporation, Greensboro, NC
Robert J. Abernethy; President, American Standard Development Company, Redondo Beach, CA
Carlos E. Alvarez; Chief Executive Officer, The Gambrinus Company, San Antonio, TX
Robert L. Avinger, Jr. '60; Chairman, OPT Capital, Charlotte, NC
Sarah P. Boehmler; Retired - Executive Vice President, American Stock Exchange, Davidson, NC
Kristin Hills Bradberry '85; Endowment Campaign Director, Arts&Science Council, Charlotte, NC
Susan E. Brown '76; Dallas, TX
Ann Hayes Browning '79; Project Director, The Carolina Thread Trail, Charlotte, NC
Lowell L. Bryan '68; Director, McKinsey & Co., New York, NY
M. Erwin Carter '79; President, Newbold Corporation, Lithonia, GA
John W. Chidsey, III '83, Chief Executive Officer, Burger King Corporation, Miami, FL
Howard W. Covington '66; Partner, Covington/Tutman Properties, Greenville, SC
Debbie Dillon Darden '78; Former High School English Teacher, Homemaker, Charlotte, NC
Robert E. Dunham '70; Pastor, University Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC
Elisabeth C. Ervin; Retired - High School Teacher, Morganton, NC
Virginia T. Evans '80; Director of Christian Education, Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA
W. Wyche Fowler, Jr. '62; President, Wyche Fowler International, Washington, DC
Anthony R. Foxx '93, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Beverly S. Hance; Private Investor, Community Leader, Charlotte, NC
Lawrence M. Kimbrough '63; Retired - First Charter Corporation, Charlotte, NC
R. Edward Kizer '61; Denver, NC
Anne H. Krieg '83; McLean, VA
J. Gilmour Lake '58; Retired - Former Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Computer Credit, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
S. Sherburne Laughlin '83; Assistant Professor and Director, Arts Management Program, American University, Bethesda, MD
Paul R. Leonard, Jr. '62, Chair Emeritus, Habitat for Humanity International, Davidson, NC
Gary S. Long '73; President and Chief Operaitng Officer, Investcorp Bank BSC, Manama, Kingdon of Bahrain
Elizabeth Brooks Mailander '85; Retired Vice President, Sprint Nextel Communications, Arlington, VA
Prem Manjooran '92; Senior Vice President, The Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA
Susan F. McAvoy '77; Director/Public Interest Advisor, Office of Career Services, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
John V. McClure; Winnetka, IL
Calvin E. Murphy '70; NC Superior Court Judge, Charlotte, NC
Maria M. Patterson '79; Senior Counsel, Diamond McCarthy LLP, New York, NY
George D. Penick, Jr. '70; Head Master, St. Andrews Episcopal, Ridgeland, MS
William L. Rikard, Jr. '67; Partner/Attorney, Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, Charlotte, NC
Patricia A. Rodgers; President and Chief Executive Officer, Rodgers Builders, Charlotte, NC
Thomas W. Ross, '72; President, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Stephen L. Salyer '72; President and Chief Executive Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar, Silver Spring, MD
E. Follin Smith '81; Director, Ryder Systems, Conestoga, PA
Arnold H. Snider '66; Retired - General Partner, Deerfield Management, Princeton, NJ
Laura M. Spangler '80; Pastor, Lloyd Presbyterian Church, Winston-Salem, NC 
R. David Sprinkle '66; Retired - President/Chief Executive Officer, The Todd Organization, Greensboro, NC
Samuel V. Tallman, Jr. '69; Retired - Partner, Knight, Tallman & Co., Saint Petersburg, FL
Amelia Crittenberger Taylor '83; Former Field Hockey Coach, Cape Fear Academy, Wilmington, NC
Todd S. Thomson '83; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Headwaters Capital LLC, New York, NY
Lawrence H. Wilkinson '72; Chair, Heminge & Condell, San Francisco, CA
Benjamin F. Williams, Jr. '84; Charlotte, NC
Carolann C. Willingham '77; 401(k) Specialist, Fidelity Investments, Raleigh, NC
Janet H. Wilson; Community Leader, Lenoir, NC
Dr. H. Linton Wray ’62; Medical Director, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield; Chevy Chase, MD